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A-Z of waste and recyclingPlease contact us online or call 01993 861025 if you cannot find what you are looking for on this webpage. You may also find Oxfordshire Waste Partnership's Recycling A-Z useful. A comprehensive list of what you can and can't recycle in West Oxfordshire: Aerosols Aluminium foil Animal bedding Other pet waste and cat litter: Asbestos Ash (from coal and log fires) Wood ash: Coal ash: Batteries: household and car Some local shops and supermarkets also offer a household battery recycling scheme in store. Batteries: rechargeable Some local shops and supermarkets also offer a rechargeable battery recycling scheme in store. Black (refuse) sacks Blankets & Towels - see Textiles Bicycles Oxford Cycle Workshop (a social enterprise) will also refurbish bicycles. Call 01865 204799 or visit their website Oxford Cycle Workshop Biscuit / sweet tins Bones - see Food Books Bottle tops Bricks - see Hardcore and rubble Bubble wrap - see also Plastic: flyaways Bubblewrap can be easily reused to wrap up valuables which are going in storage or being posted. Business waste - See Commercial waste and recycling Camera film - See photo negatives Cans Black recycling box Candle stubs Cardboard (including drink cartons/ tetrapaks) Black recycling box Car batteries - see Batteries Carpet and underlay Cat food pouches Cat litter and waste: CDs and DVDs Selected local recycling banks Ceramics Chemicals - see Hazardous waste Chicken carcasses Christmas / greeting cards Christmas trees (real) Put your Christmas tree in your garden waste bin or cut it up and leave beside it for collection. Please remove pots, decorations, wire etc. Cling film - - see also Plastic: flyaways Clinical waste Clothes - see Textiles Coffee grounds Commercial waste and recycling Compost bags (from the garden) - see also Plastic: flyaways Computers and monitors Cooked food - see Food Cooking oil - see Fat Corks Plastic corks: Cotton wool Crisp packets Curtains - see Textiles Cutlery DIY waste There may be a small charge for disposal at County waste and recycling centres. Visit Oxfordshire County Council's website or call 0845 0504550. Dog waste Drink cartons - see Cardboard Drinking straws Duvets and pillows If these are clean and in good condition your local homeless shelter may be able to reuse them. Alternatively kennels often like blankets/duvets for dogs, and RSPCA charity shops may take them for the same use. DVDs - see CDs Eggshells Electric goods and electric cables Engine filters Engine oil Envelopes - see Paper Fat (cooking) Cooking oil / fat should be allowed to cool. Small amounts can be put in your food waste bin. Large amounts should be put in a lidded, plastic bottle, such as an old drinks bottle, and either left in, or next to your food waste bin. (Cooking oil left in a glass container will not be collected) Feathers Fish - including bones and scales Fluorescent tubes Flyway plastics - see Plastic: flyaways Foil - see Aluminium foil Food ANY food waste, such as peelings, raw and cooked leftovers, bones and pet food can go in the food waste bin. No glass, plastic bags or packaging to go in with food waste. These can go in your recycling box. Alternatively, buy a discount compost bin for your garden and food waste or get a free recipe book with ideas on using up leftovers from Oxfordshire County Council's website Foreign currency Fridges or freezers Frozen food bags Fruit and vegetables - see Food Furniture Emmaus Furniture Project finds new homes for old, re-usable furniture. Call 01865 763698 or visit the Emmaus website. Alternatively visit the Freecycle website Metal and wooden furniture can be recycled at the County's Waste & Recycling Centres. Other furniture will be sent to landfill. Dix Pit has a separate container for re-usable furniture. Alternatively you can order a bulky waste collection. Garden chemicals - see Hazardous waste Garden waste You can buy a discount compost bin for your garden by calling 0844 5714444 or visit our home composting webpage. * Please note: Due to regulation and control over the disposal of food waste, your garden waste bin cannot be used for organic kitchen waste, including fruit, salad, vegetables, tea bags, coffee grinds, egg shells, bread, or any other food stuffs, even though they might otherwise be suitable for home composting. Gas bottles County waste / recycling centre (ask a site operative) These can be refilled for further use. Alternatively, they can be returned to the retailer. For Calor Gas bottles call 0800 662663 and they will inform you of your nearest outlet. For other gas cylinders call Flogas for advice on 0845 7626379. Glass: jars and bottles (Also see below and Pyrex) Black recycling box Glass: drinking glasses and broken glass Glass: other (Also see Pyrex) Bulky waste collection (by booking) Glasses / spectacles Glow-sticks Hair There may be a small charge for disposal at County waste and recycling centres. Call 0845 0504550 or visit Oxfordshire County Council's website Hazardous waste - such as household and garden chemicals. Horse feed bags Hoover contents - see Vacuum cleaner contents Jars - see Glass 'J' cloths Juice cartons - see Cardboard Kitchen towel Labels Leaves Light bulbs: low energy Light bulbs: standard Lint (from tumble drier) Make up wipes Mattresses Meat - see Food Medical waste - see Clinical waste Medicine Metal Metal including corrugated iron, empty paint cans etc can be placed in scrap metal banks. Milk bottles Mirrors Mobile phones Place in an untied bag in your black recycling box so that the crews can see them. Remember to take your SIM card out and remove any personal data from your phone. Many charities also collect old mobile phones. Nappies If you use disposable nappies, please try to flush solid down the toilet and tightly wrap the nappies into a bundle before putting them in your rubbish bin. For more information about reusable nappies, and to request a free trial kit visit Oxfordshire County Council's website Oil (engine) - see Engine oil Oil (cooking) - see Fat Paint Paper (see also Yellow Pages) Tissues, tissue paper, glitter or laminated paper cannot be recycled. Shredded paper and window envelopes can go in your recycling boxes. Please put shredded paper in an open paper envelope/bag first. The County's waste / recycling centres will accept all types of paper including books. You can also put tissue or crepe paper in your home composter if you have one. Pet food - see Food Photographs Piping: metal/aluminium/steel Plasterboard Plastic: bottles, food trays, biscuit trays, tubs and pots (i.e. ice cream and yoghurt) Black recycling box Rinsed and squashed plastic bottles and containers can be recycled. Plastic: flyaways i.e. carrier bags, polythene, small clear food packaging, bubble wrap, cling film and compost bags Plastic bag recycling banks are also available at most of the larger supermarkets, although the most environmentally friendly option is to reuse them or use reusable bags. Plastic: other Polythene / plastic sheeting - see also Plastic: flyaways Polystyrene Light grey rubbish bin (landfill) Pringles tubes Printer cartridges Pyrex glass Razor blades Wrap well and put in your rubbish bin. Rubber bands Rubber gloves Rubble - see Hardcore and rubble Sanitary products Seafood shells (mussels, crabs etc) Smoke alarms Any batteries inside your smoke alarm can be recycled (see Batteries). Spectacles - see Glasses Soil There may be a small charge for disposal at County waste and recycling centres. Call 0845 0504550 or visit Oxfordshire County Council's website String Made from natural fibres (please cut into small pieces): Sweet / cake wrappers Tea bags: Telephone directories - See Paper Televisions Tetrapaks (i.e. juice cartons) Textiles Black recycling box Tins - see Cans Tissues Tools Toothpaste tubes Toys Trainers - see Shoes Tyres The County's Waste & Recycling Centres will accept up to five car tyres in one month. There is a small charge. Uncooked food - see Food Vacuum cleaner contents Videos - see Books and CDs Video recorders and digi-boxes Weeds Please do not put noxious weeds eg Japanese Knotweed or Ragwort in your garden waste bin. Contact DEFRA if you need more information about noxious weeds. Windfalls Wood Wool Balls of wool can be placed in the textile bins at County waste / recycling centres or if in large quantities, try your local charity shop. Alternatively contact the Orinoco Scrapstore, Oxford visit www.oxorinoco.org or call 01865 761113. Wrapping paper - see Paper Yellow Pages - see Paper |
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